Sexton’s freshman season was two years ago, he only started half our games as a sophomore, and wasn’t particularly good this year before getting hurt. His lack of progress over the past couple years is similar to what we have seen from a lot of the guys who have been with the program since their freshman season. Taylor was also supposed to be a pillar of the line for multiple years when he first got playing time. That’s why I’m extremely reluctant to think that a couple of the guys who played fairly well the last three or four games are truly at the level where you could say they are better than average SEC linemen. I mean, we have struggled to run the ball for two straight years, including in the Big 12 and against nonconference opponents. Given that, listing 80 percent of our potential starters as top half in the league seems a stretch. I guess another way to look at it: do you think we have a single lineman who will even get honorable mention all conference recognition? If not, we aren’t anywhere close to where we need to be to have success in this league.
